AMD's Wraith Max cooler now available as a separate cooler for $59

[Mooshi]

58 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Intel wasn't exactly helping themselves when they were selling this pile of rubbish for 40 bucks. 

And that was for LGA 2011, i.e. their enthusiast platform.

That thing isn't worth the change you get back as scrap metal. 

 

I still stand by that AMD's cooler should have been $40 max factoring in it's not really better than a cheap 212 and RGB tax.

[Herman Mcpootis]

11 hours ago, Mooshi said:

That thing isn't worth the change you get back as scrap metal. 

 

I still stand by that AMD's cooler should have been $40 max factoring in it's not really better than a cheap 212 and RGB tax.

i wouldn't even spend a cent more than $30 for the wraith max. if it's gonna cost anything more you might as well get a cheapo m9i and smoke the money on a cheap rgb kit instead. you get the same performance and much more bling with the rgb strips.

[Ertman]

I'd like a quality performing downdraft cooler, but that price is too high.

[Mooshi]

1 hour ago, herman mcpootis said:

i wouldn't even spend a cent more than $30 for the wraith max. if it's gonna cost anything you might as well get a cheapo m9i and smoke the money on a cheap rgb kit instead. you get the same performance and much more bling with the rgb strips.

For the same price point you get this.

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

Just now, Mooshi said:

For the same price point you get this.

 

https://proclockers.com/sites/default/files/Cryorig C1 01.jpg

all i see is 404 

[Mooshi]

Just now, herman mcpootis said:

all i see is 404 

Mobile being weird lol, I found another image. Cryorig C1 is only slightly more than what AMD wants for a stock cooler lol

[grimreeper132]

12 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

What I want to do is mount this on an Intel board. I'm sure it can be done. :3

zip ties??? that fixes everything, if not I'm sure you could make a proper mounting bracket for it with little effort which would need to be made for you, unless you have POWER tools then you could make it yourself, so it'll be possible but it won't be practical

[Bananasplit_00]

Cooler master probably had a poke in the pricing, seeing as it might have impacted Hyper 212 sales if it was lower. 

[Icywolfe]

They have to price it high or the oem cooler manufacturers will be very unhappy.

[Misanthrope]

8 hours ago, Icywolfe said:

They have to price it high or the oem cooler manufacturers will be very unhappy.

They can be as unhappy as they want: Most of them have released jack shit for AM4 so far, at best a handful are just now starting to ship with AM4 brackets almost 6 months after release.

 

In fact I think this might be an important reason why AMD is stepping up: you shouldn't have to limit yourself to only a handful of choices for air and even if performance is similar, the Wraith coolers look better imho than an Evo. I know it's kind of petty but we are talking about a discrete RGB cooler here: not as easy to find as you might imagine since the RGB coolers tend to be, well:

 

 RGB! 

[Icywolfe]

44 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

They can be as unhappy as they want: Most of them have released jack shit for AM4 so far, at best a handful are just now starting to ship with AM4 brackets almost 6 months after release.

 

In fact I think this might be an important reason why AMD is stepping up: you shouldn't have to limit yourself to only a handful of choices for air and even if performance is similar, the Wraith coolers look better imho than an Evo. I know it's kind of petty but we are talking about a discrete RGB cooler here: not as easy to find as you might imagine since the RGB coolers tend to be, well:

 

 RGB! 

AMD has to keep their partners. I'm sure they could price the wraith coolers at like 20 bucks or even 10 bucks, but one major partner they have is Cooler Master which they use for their Vega and Fury watercooled cards. And CM sells a cooler at about 20 USD and it performs similar.

 

Also I think the original wraith was designed by CM also (the fan) 

[Phate.exe]

14 hours ago, Mooshi said:

For the same price point you get this.

<cryorig C1.jpg>

Wraith max should perform similarly, looks cleaner (in my opinion, and this is coming from a big fan of cryorig coolers), and has the RGB tax.  The cryorig is probably quieter though.

 

For a 140W-capable downdraft cooler (which will make your VRM's happier than any tower cooler or AIO), $50-60 looks to just be about what they cost.

[themctipers]

On July 27, 2017 at 1:36 PM, M.Yurizaki said:

What I want to do is mount this on an Intel board. I'm sure it can be done. :3

zip ties

[Phate.exe]

7 minutes ago, themctipers said:

zip ties

If they're good enough for actual race cars, they're good enough for your PC.

[Dylanc1500]

1 hour ago, Phate.exe said:

If they're good enough for actual race cars, they're good enough for your PC.

If we are using race car logic, throw tape on it lol. 

[XenosTech]

8 minutes ago, Dylanc1500 said:

If we are using race car logic, throw tape on it lol. 

Don't forget to double or triple it

[ScratchCat]

10 minutes ago, Dylanc1500 said:

If we are using race car logic, throw tape on it lol. 

Why not use Duct tape?

Its NASA approved !

[Dylanc1500]

2 minutes ago, ScratchCat said:

Why not use Duct tape?

Its NASA approved !

Because X-Flex tape makes duct tape look like paper.

 

Correction Duck brand duct tape is NASA approved lol. Have to have that brand recognition.

[Dylanc1500]

6 minutes ago, XenosTech said:

Don't forget to double or triple it

Or just yank it all off and keep going! Wait... That part won't work with CPUs..

[XenosTech]

1 hour ago, Dylanc1500 said:

Or just yank it all off and keep going! Wait... That part won't work with CPUs..

"When in doubt duct it" - Megas XLR

[mr moose]

Too bad it looks like it was pulled off a socket A cpu. 

[MrTiC]

On 27-7-2017 at 8:24 PM, Fonzie92 said:

 

Thanks for playing

 

i call BS 1155 euro without VAT 

With VAT that would be 1397.55 euro ... (that's 1635.77$)